At Waukee CSD, our librarians are committed to fostering a love of reading, supporting academic achievement, and equipping students with the literacy skills they need to thrive in today’s world.
Each of our libraries serves as a vibrant hub for learning, creativity, and discovery — where students can explore resources, access cutting-edge technology, and receive support from dedicated specialists.
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Resources
All of these databases have been sponsored by the Heartland AEA 11 and can be searched from school or home, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Please see your media specialist or computer instructor for the username and password.
- Iowa AEA Online – Iowa AEA Online is a virtual library that provides no-cost access to 13 high-quality, web-based resources for accredited public and non-public PreK-12 schools.
- Britannica Online – With the full contents of the Encyclopedia Britannica plus videos, images, websites, news, and magazines, Britannica Online is the go-to destination on the Web for accurate answers you can trust.
- CultureGrams – CultureGrams Online Database is a leading reference for concise, reliable, and up-to-date cultural information on countries across the globe.
- Gale – Gale eResources offers screened and reliable content from magazines, newspapers, and reference materials.
- NBC Learn – NBC Learn is a centrally managed video streaming subscription service, offering customers both scale and capacity. By leveraging a global caching infrastructure, NBC Learn replicates our video content across 61,000 servers in 70 countries, across nearly 1,000 regional networks.
- Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
